That is a big Roo

[osoab]

$1 million coin minted (http://www.theage.com.au/business/1-million-coin-minted-20111027-1mm8b.html)



THE biggest, heaviest and inherently most valuable gold coin in the world has been unveiled by the Perth Mint.

Weighing 1012 kilograms, it is more than a tonne of 99.99 per cent pure gold worth more than $53.5 million.

The giant coin is 80 centimetres wide, 12 centimetres deep, took 18 months to create and features a bounding red kangaroo on one side and the Queen's motif on the other.

It is Australian legal tender and has a denomination of $1 million - well below its gold value.

Perth Mint chief executive Ed Harbuz said the coin was ''the pinnacle of ingenuity and innovation''.

''To cast and handcraft a coin of this size and weight was an incredible challenge - one which few other mints would even consider,'' he said.

Mr Harbuz said the coin was a showpiece of the Australian kangaroo gold bullion coin program, and would coincide with the release of a number of smaller gold coins this week.

The weight and purity of each issue is guaranteed by the West Australian government.

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[MarchHare]

Wow. That's a lot of gold!

[JJ.G0ldD0t]

what a waste...

Put it in circulation. Its money fer Gods sake.

[platinumdude]

But it's so ugly on one side.

[Shami-Amourae]

But it's so ugly on one side.
You don't like Argonians?

[Horn]

But it's so ugly on one side.

Say that again, those crowsfeet look like Dinosaur prints.

The die cutter must have had nightmares.

[Golden]

Ugly imo. Only saving grace is the edging because it reminds me of a Reese cup, mmm!

[gunDriller]

But it's so ugly on one side.

we could spray paint her a stache & some tat's.

dang i'd like to be a machinist in the shop that made that. i wonder what 'security' measures they have so that the mint-workers don't walk home with the dust. i'd be tempted to glue Gorilla duct tape to the bottom of my shoes, sticky side down, and to walk through any dusty areas i saw.

[gunDriller]

But it's so ugly on one side.

i'd like to see Star Trek characters instead of the 'Queen'.

what are those guys with the big ears called ?

they're supposed to be 'all about money' but they're puppy-dogs compared to the Talmudists.

[Horn]

i'd like to see Star Trek characters instead of the 'Queen'.

what are those guys with the big ears called ?

they're supposed to be 'all about money' but they're puppy-dogs compared to the Talmudists.


In the book Religions of Star Trek, Ross S. Kraemer wrote that "Ferengi religion seems almost a parody of traditional Judaism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judaism)... Critics have pointed out a disturbing correlation between Ferengi attributes (love of profit that overrides communal decency; the large, sexualized head feature, in this case ears) and negative Jewish stereotypes."[12] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferengi#cite_note-11) Commentator Jonah Goldberg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonah_Goldberg) wrote that Ferengi were portrayed in The Next Generation as "runaway capitalists with bullwhips who looked like a mix between Nazi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazism) caricatures of Jews and the original Nosferatu (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nosferatu)."[13] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferengi#cite_note-12) Four of the most notable Ferengi characters, Quark, Nog, Rom and Zek, are played by Jewish actors Armin Shimerman, Aron Eisenberg, Max Grodénchik and Wallace Shawn (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallace_Shawn).[14] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferengi#cite_note-13)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferengi#Allegations_of_parodying_Judaism

[Twisted Titan]

I wish they would make a giant philharmonic